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Wigzell, George (sold)


George Wigzell (1753 - December 12, 1833) was an English engraver active in London in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Wigzell was born in Greenwich to a poulterer. From 1769, he apprenticed under Joseph Ellis of the Stationer's Guild and joined the Guild in 1776. Wigzell engraved maps for Robert Sayer, Aaron Arrowsmith, John Stephenson, Laurie and Whittle, and others. His son, Thomas Wigzell (1791 - 1873), was also a map engraver.
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A good chart of the Pearl River - at last!

A Survey of the Tigris, from Canton to the Island of Lankeet.

1786 (dated)
26.25 x 21.25 in (66.68 x 53.98 cm)
PearlRiver-huddart-1786

sold

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  • Digital Map Information
  • Suitable for large format printing
  • File Size: 21.91 MB
  • File Type: ZIP / TIFF
  • ICC color profile embedded
  • Delivered instantly via download link
This is Joseph Huddart's 1786 hydrographic map of the Pearl River, China. This rare chart is a result of novel 1785 surveys personally completed by Huddart, who was frustrated with the incompetence of for-hire Macanese Pearl River pilots. (more details)

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